Tree in Malayalam
A tree is മരം (maram), two syllables, ma-ram, and it is the word a child learns first. The same noun also means wood or timber, so a wooden door and the tree it came from share a name. Everyday Kerala speech uses nothing else.
Most common translation
Tree. A tree; the same word also means wood or timber.
മുറ്റത്ത് ഒരു വലിയ മരം ഉണ്ട്.
muttathu oru valiya maram undu.
There is a big tree in the yard.
All Malayalam words for “tree”
- മരം (maram) — Tree. A tree; the same word also means wood or timber.
- വൃക്ഷം (vriksham) — Tree.
- അഗം (agam) — That cannot move, mountain, tree.
- വല്ലഭം (vallabham) — Skill, ability, a tree,.
- അകില് (akil) — A kind of sandalwood, the indian cedar tree.
- അഗ്നിമുഖി (agnimukhi) — The gayathri mantra, a kind of tree, kitchen.
- അത്തി (aththi) — Fig tree.
- അമ്പഴം (ambazham) — Hog plum tree.
- അശ്വത്ഥവൃക്ഷം (ashwatha vruksham) — Pipal tree.
- ആത്തച്ചക്ക (athachakka) — Fruit of the custard apple tree.
- ആപ്പിൾ (aappil) — Apple, the round red or green fruit of the apple tree.
- ഇല (ila) — Leaf. The leaf of a plant or tree; also a banana leaf used as a plate.
- ഇലകൾ (ilakal) — Leaves, the leaves of a plant or tree; the singular is ila.
- ഉന്നമുരിക്ക് (unnamurikk) — Silk cotton tree.
- ഒറ്റത്തടി (ottathadi) — A person with no close relatives, branchless trunk(Of a tree), a bachelor.
- കടപ്പിലവ് (kadappilavu) — Bread-fruit tree.
- കടമരം (kadamaram) — A kind of timber tree.
- കപ്പളം (kapplam) — The papaya tree.
- കമ്പ് (kambu) — Branch of a tree, stick, cane, measuring rod.
- കറിവേപ്പില (kariveppila) — Leaf of the curry-leaf tree.
- കറുവാ (karuva) — Cinnamon tree, bark of cinnamon.
- കളഭം (kalabham) — Perfumed sandal paste, young elephant, the 'Kadambu' tree (Eugenia Racemosa), arrow.
- കവരം (kavaram) — Branch of a tree.
- കശുമാവ് (kashumaav) — Cashew tree.
- കാമുകം (kamukam) — A species of jasmine, the Ashoka tree.
- കാറ്റാടി (kattadi) — Whirling toy-fan, paper toy which whirls in the wind, Casuarina tree or whip tree, long sails (propellers) that turn on a central shaft.
- കുക്കുരം (kukkuram) — Dog, a kind of tree.
- കൊമ്പ് (kombu) — Branch. The branch or bough of a tree; also an animal horn.
- ജാതി (jaathi) — Caste, kind, tribe, race, rank, position, nut-meg tree, jasmine, hearth, fire-place.
- ദിവ്യഗന്ധം (divyagandham) — Cinnamon tree, divine smell.
- ധാത്രി (dhaathri) — Earth, foster mother nurse, gooseberry tree, gooseberry.
- പഞ്ഞിമരം (panjimaram) — Cotton tree.
- പടുമരം (padumaram) — Wild timber tree.
- പനസം (panasam) — Jack tree, jack fruit, thorn.
- പാടല (padala) — Durga, cow, the Lodh tree.
- പാദം (padham) — Foot, leg, one line of a verse, base (of a tree or mountain), footstep.
- പാരിജാതം (parijatham) — A divine tree (got from the ocean of milk when it was being churned by the Devas (gods) and Asuras according to Hindu mythology), a tree with fragrant flowers, fragrance.
- പിലാവ് (pilavu) — Jack tree.
- പീലി (peeli) — Tail-feather of a peacock, eyelash, tender leaf- blade of a palm tree, mountain, gold, decorative fan made of peacock feathers used in state or temple processions.
- പുന്ന (punna) — Indian laurel tree.
- പുലിവാല് (pulival) — Tiger's tail; (idm.) a difficulty which one can neither avoid nor face (like holding a tiger by its tail around a tree).
- പുളി (puli) — Sourness, fruit of the tamarind tree, acidity, curry made from tamarind fruit juice.
- പുളിമരം (pulimaram) — Tamarind tree.
- പുളിയില (puliyila) — Leaf of the tamarind tree.
- പൂമരം (poomaram) — Flowering tree.
- പൂവന് (poovan) — Cock, male bird, one having flower, a kind of plantain, tree that doesn't bear fruit, Brahma.
- പെരുമരം (perumaram) — A kind of soft-wood tree (Ailanthus Excelsus).
- പോതി (pothi) — Hill, peepul tree, Goddess (sl.).
- ഫലിതം (falitham) — Humour, witticism, joke, tree bearing fruits.
- ഭുജം (bhujam) — Arm, branch, a side of a triangle, branch of a tree, trunk of an elephant.
- മരത്തണല് (marathanal) — Shade of tree.
- മാങ്ങ (manga) — Mango. The fruit of the mango tree, eaten raw or ripe.
- വടം (vadam) — Banyan tree, strong, thick rope.
- വേര് (veru) — Root. The root of a tree or plant that holds it in the soil.
വൃക്ഷം (vriksham) is the Sanskritic equivalent and belongs to poetry, botany and signage; അഗം (agam) and വല്ലഭം (vallabham) list tree among many old meanings and no one would use them for the thing in a garden.
Common questions
How do you say tree in Malayalam?
Tree is മരം (maram).
Does maram also mean wood?
It does. മരം (maram) covers the living tree and the timber cut from it, and the sense is settled by what you say around it.